﻿<p>The <em>IfcFontVariant</em> type defines whether the normal or the small-caps faces within a font family shall be used. Values are:</p>
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  <li>normal </li>
  <li>small-caps </li>
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NOTE&nbsp; Definition according to Cascading Style Sheets, level 1<br>
Another type of variation within a font family is the small-caps. In a small-caps font the lower case letters look similar to the uppercase ones, but in a smaller size and with slightly different proportions. The 'font-variant' property selects that font. A value of 'normal' selects a font that is not a small-caps font, 'small-caps' selects a small-caps font. It is acceptable (but not required) in CSS1 if the small-caps font is a created by taking a normal font and replacing the lower case letters by scaled uppercase characters. As a last resort, uppercase letters will be used as replacement for a small-caps font.
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NOTE&nbsp; Type adopted from <strong>font-variant</strong> defined in <a href="../../../bibliography.htm#CSS1">CSS-1</a>.
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HISTORY&nbsp; New type in IFC2x3.
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